Predictors of Affective Commitment in Romanian Educational Organizations

Abstract

The aim of this study consists of analysis of the relationship between the level of psychological contract fulfillment, affective commitment, and the satisfaction level of teachers’ needs. Data were collected from 168 teachers, 89.3% are women, and 10.7% are men with age between 19 and 61 years. Cross-sectional survey research was used. All 4 hypotheses of the research were confirmed. The data shows that affective commitment has two significant predictors (degree of psychological needs satisfaction and intensity of psychological contract) in a sample of 168 teachers from pre-university education. In our study, the need for an autonomy dimension is approached in correlation with affective commitment and the fulfillment degree of the psychological contract. Autonomy feeling at the workplace is extensively analyzed in self-determination theory; the sense of choice for your own action in order to get higher performance at the workplace seems to become a major point of research in organizational psychology and human resource management. The theoretical and applied underpinnings of this research are detailed in the conclusions.